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Merchandise import price index by country

Total merchandise imports price index with 1987=100.

Countries reporting
50
Highest
2,276
Egypt
Lowest
1.02
Sudan
Median
164.47
Years covered
47
1965–2011
Data points
1,534

What the numbers show

Merchandise import price index is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 2,276 in Egypt; the lowest is 1.02 in Sudan.

The median across all reporting countries is 164.47, and the mean is 239.64.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,233.

Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in South Africa (up 352.1%), and the largest decrease in Sierra Leone (down 80.1%).

Merchandise import price index: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Egypt 2,276 2011 up 145.2% rising
2 Tanzania 1,586 2011 down 9.9% volatile
3 South Africa 432.66 2009 up 352.1% volatile
4 Tunisia 309.45 2011 up 66.1% rising
5 Congo 307.73 2011 up 31.3% rising
6 Guinea-Bissau 296.33 2011 up 131.3% rising
7 Botswana 287.58 2011 up 132.4% volatile
8 Niger 285.02 2005 up 54.5% rising
9 Madagascar 269.26 2009 up 151.0% rising
10 Ghana 265.15 2010 up 74.9% rising
11 Benin 249 2005 — volatile
12 Mauritania 198.85 2011 up 125.7% rising
13 Comoros 197.56 2009 up 6.2% rising
14 Zambia 189.19 2011 up 67.3% rising
15 Kenya 184.35 2011 up 84.4% volatile
16 Cote d'Ivoire 184.35 2011 up 99.7% volatile
17 Senegal 180.49 2011 up 12.2% rising
18 Uganda 179.43 2011 up 76.0% rising
19 Mozambique 179.43 2011 up 69.9% rising
20 Liberia 173.5 1981 up 313.1% rising
21 Gambia 172.95 2006 up 18.6% rising
22 Morocco 171.03 2011 up 99.5% rising
23 Algeria 170.43 2011 up 29.4% rising
24 Sao Tome and Principe 167.18 2011 up 77.8% rising
25 Nigeria 166.09 2005 up 24.0% rising
26 Gabon 162.85 2011 up 68.8% rising
27 Burundi 155.08 2005 up 42.5% rising
28 Angola 152.43 2011 up 80.1% rising
29 Rwanda 147.06 2011 up 27.9% rising
30 Zimbabwe 144.16 2011 up 181.0% rising
31 Togo 143.67 2011 up 33.4% rising
32 Eswatini 143.44 2008 up 67.8% rising
33 Ethiopia 140.23 2011 up 42.4% rising
34 Equatorial Guinea 139.74 2003 up 49.3% rising
35 Lesotho 134.72 2011 up 31.5% falling
36 Djibouti 125.01 2006 up 25.0% rising
37 Malawi 124.2 2009 down 7.7% rising
38 Democratic Republic of Congo 117 2004 up 19.4% rising
39 Mali 116.02 2005 up 0.9% rising
40 Namibia 114.93 2011 up 34.3% falling
41 Guinea 114.03 2005 down 8.6% rising
42 Burkina Faso 112.24 2011 up 16.4% rising
43 Cameroon 111.65 2007 up 16.4% rising
44 Mauritius 107.93 2011 up 70.3% rising
45 Cape Verde 102.5 2010 up 2.5% rising
46 Seychelles 95.77 2010 up 6.5% flat
47 Central African Republic 94.97 2003 up 120.1% rising
48 Chad 81.88 2006 down 17.3% falling
49 Sierra Leone 20.1 2011 down 80.1% volatile
50 Sudan 1.02 2003 up 47.8% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Merchandise import price index
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
56 places, 1,534 data points, 1965–2011
Last refreshed

Total merchandise imports price index with 1987=100.